<B>warrior, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a fighting man; experienced soldier. <DD><I>adj. </I> belonging to or characteristic of a warrior; martial. adj. <B>warriorlike.</B> </DL>
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<B>war risk insurance,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> term insurance issued by the U.S. government for members of the armed forces. </DL>
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<B>warrison, </B>noun. =warison.</DL>
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<B>war room,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a room used at a military headquarters for briefings, film showings, and map displays, dealing with conditions at one or more theaters of operation. </DL>
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<B>warsaw, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large grouper of the southeastern coast of the United States. </DL>
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<B>Warsaw pact,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (formerly) an alliance of seven Communist European nations providing for joint military cooperation, established in Warsaw in 1955. </DL>
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<B>warship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any ship armed and manned for war, such as a destroyer, cruiser, or battleship. </DL>
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<B>warsle, </B>verb, <B>-sled,</B> <B>-sling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to wrestle; struggle. <DD><B> 2. </B>to move with effort; flounder. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to wrestle with. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a wrestling bout. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any struggle; tussle. noun <B>warsler.</B> </DL>
<B>war surplus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> equipment, materials, clothing, and other supplies, no longer required by the military services, and often disposed of by sale. </DL>
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<B>wart, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, hard, dry lump on the skin, caused by a virus. <DD><B> 2. </B>a similar lump on a plant. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) any fault or blemish. <BR> <I>Ex. It is crucial to the future life and progress of our community to have a newspaper unafraid to comment and show us up, warts and all (New Yorker).</I> adj. <B>wartlike.</B> </DL>
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<B>war tax,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tax to provide money for a war. </DL>
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<B>warted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a wart or warts; verrucose. </DL>
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<B>wart hog,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wild hog of Africa that has two large tusks and large wartlike growths on each side of the face. </DL>
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<B>wartime, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a time of war. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a time of war; taking place during a time of war. <BR> <I>Ex. What the senators want is expert opinion as to whether ... production and missile development should be placed on a wartime footing at once (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<B>war-torn, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> disrupted, damaged, or destroyed by war. <BR> <I>Ex. The American people ... endorsed the government's economic aid and technical assistance to underdeveloped and war-torn countries of the postwar world (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> </DL>
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<B>warty, </B>adjective, <B>wartier,</B> <B>wartiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having warts. <DD><B> 2. </B>covered with lumps like warts. <DD><B> 3. </B>of or like a wart. </DL>
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<B>warve, </B>noun. =wharve.</DL>
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<B>war vessel,</B> =warship.</DL>
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<B>war-weariness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> war-weary condition or feeling. </DL>
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<B>war-weary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> wearied of war and its hardships. <BR> <I>Ex. Some observers here think this might be acceptable to the war-weary rebels now as a basis for a cease-fire (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>war whoop,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a war cry of American Indians. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any war cry; shout of battle. </DL>
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<B>wary, </B>adjective, <B>warier,</B> <B>wariest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>on one's guard against danger or deception. <BR> <I>Ex. a wary fox.</I> (SYN) alert, vigilant, watchful, guarded. <DD><B> 2. </B>cautious; careful. <BR> <I>Ex. He gave wary answers to all of the stranger's questions.</I> (SYN) circumspect, prudent. <BR><I>expr. <B>wary of,</B> </I>cautious about; careful about. <BR> <I>Ex. to be waryof driving in heavy traffic. He lied to me about my friend, and I've been wary of him ever since.</I> </DL>
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<B>was, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the 1st and 3rd person singular, past indicative of <B>be.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. I was late to school yesterday. Was he late, too? The candy was eaten.</I> </DL>
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<B>wasabi, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a plant of the mustard family, cultivated in Japan for its roots, which taste like horseradish. <DD><B> 2. </B>the grated root of this plant, served with raw fish in a Japanese meal. </DL>